HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Pronouns

这个 zhège “this one” in Chinese

Traditional 這個

What 这个 means

  1. this one
  2. this
  3. (pronoun) this
  4. (adjective) this

How to say 这个

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale这zhè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own个geneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

这个 in a sentence

  1. 我是这个学校的学生。

    Wǒ shì zhè ge xuéxiào de xuésheng.

    I’m a student at this school.

    Sentence #336240 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个菜是怎么做的？

    Zhè ge cài shì zěnme zuò de?

    How is this dish made?

    Sentence #3700708 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这个很便宜，对吗？

    Zhè ge hěn piányi, duì ma?

    This one’s cheap, isn’t it?

    Sentence #804969 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 这个 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 这 (zhè) with each of its parts in a different colour
这zhèthis; these
  • 文script · wén
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò

Memory aidPicture walking 辶 up to the writing 文 right in front of you: this.

The character 个 (gè) with each of its parts in a different colour
个gěindividuallight in 这个
  • 人person · rén
  • 丨line · gǔn

Memory aidDrawn from a single stalk of bamboo: one item. It is now the everyday measure word.

How to write 这个

这 7 strokes · 个 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

这个 (zhège) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 这个 (zhège). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 这个

Words with 这

这zhè · this这儿zhèr · here这些zhèxiē · these这边zhèbiān · this side这里zhèlǐ · here这么zhème · so much这样zhèyàng · this kind of

Words with 个

个gè · general measure word那个nàge · that one哪个nǎge · which one?个子gèzi · height个别gèbié · individual个人gèrén · individual个性gèxìng · individuality整个zhěnggè · whole个体gètǐ · individual

More words: People, Body & Health

有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)有些yǒuxiē · some这些zhèxiē · these那个nàge · that one看病kànbìng · to visit a doctor服务员fúwùyuán · waiter男nán · male女nǚ · female

FAQs

这个 (zhège) means “this one” or “this”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it zhège: zhè with a 4th tone, then ge with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 这个 is written 這個. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhege with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 这个 from the suggestions. Typing zhege into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
这个 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.